dotation
French, noun/dɔ.ta.sjɔ̃/
dotation is spelled D-O-T-A-T-I-O-N (8 letters) and appears 3.7 times per million words in written French, the 13,759th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dotation is a French feminine noun meaning “allowance” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de doter un établissement d’utilité publique, un corps, etc”.
What does dotation mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineallowance
- 2
feminineendowment
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de doter un établissement d’utilité publique, un corps, etc. 2. Le fonds, le revenu assigné à cet effet. 3. Biens ou revenus attribués, à titre de récompense nationale, à certains personnages de l’État. 4. Allocation d'une course hippique.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of dotation
- dotations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dotation?
- /dɔ.ta.sjɔ̃/
- \dɔ.ta.sjɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to dotation
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is dotation in French?
dotation appears 3.7 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).